WINDOWS 8

Now that you have eagerly unpacked the box and powered on your shiny new Windows laptop, we would want you to pause, fire up the default Web browser and read this.
While there are tons of things that you should be doing with a new laptop and the recommendations would also...

San Francisco: Microsoft is trying to soften an unpopular redesign of Windows by reviving features from older versions while still attempting to nudge desktop users into a world of touch screens and mobile devices.
The company on Tuesday gave an early preview of the new Windows 10 software, which it aims...

Seattle: Microsoft will unveil a new name for its best-known product on Tuesday when it offers the first official glimpse of its latest Windows operating system.
The project, known for the past few years as "Threshold" inside the software company and "Windows 9" outside it, will likely get an entirely new...

New Delhi: Betting big on growing popularity of 2in1s, devices maker Notion Ink is making a comeback in the Indian market with 'Cain', developed in partnership with Intel, priced at Rs 19,990.
The Windowsbased 2in1, which works both as a PC and a tablet, will be available exclusively on eCommerce website...

San Francisco: On a trip to Beijing a decade ago, Bill Gates was asked by a senior government official how much money Microsoft Corp made in China. The official asked the interpreter to double check Gates' reply as he couldn't believe the figure was so low.
It's a problem that hasn't...

New Delhi: For BlackBerry Messenger fans who spend much of their day before a computer screen had cheered BlackBerry CEO John Chen's March announcement that the company was taking "a very serious look" at bringing BBM to desktop.
With BBM now available for Windows Phone devices, it appeared that the...

Beijing: China has placed US technology giant Microsoft under investigation while officials today conducted raids on its offices in four cities.
The State Administration for Industry and Commerce sent its investigators to the company's offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu for an official investigation, Hong Kongbased South China Morning Post...

Beijing: China has banned government use of Windows 8, Microsoft Corp's latest operating system (OS), in a blow to the US technology company which has long been plagued by sales woes in the country.
The Central Government Procurement Centre issued the ban on installing Windows 8 on government computers as part...

New Delhi: Now rail users can get information on expected arrival and departure timings of a particular train on their mobile phones besides tracking its its position on a real time basis.
Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), the information and technology arm of railways, has launched a new mobile...

New York: Even as Microsoft prepares for a future dominated by touch-screen devices, it is steering its Windows system to embrace more of the past.
The divide between old and new is less pronounced in the latest, free update. That's a welcome change, as that's one of the things that annoy...

New York: Microsoft is saying goodbye to Windows XP. Although the operating system is more than 12 years old, and Windows XP computers haven't been shipped since 2010, there are still millions of them in use. Gartner estimates that as much as 25 per cent of Windows PCs in the...

New York: Microsoft is following through on a promise to update its Windows 8 operating system on a regular basis to respond to consumers' complaints and other feedback.
Just months after the release of Windows 8.1, Microsoft is preparing changes to make it easier for people to use Windows with traditional...

Bangalore: A former employee of Microsoft Corp is facing criminal charges after he allegedly passed trade secrets to a blogger in France, US court documents showed.
Russian national Alex Kibkalo, a former Microsoft employee in Lebanon and Russia, admitted to Microsoft investigators that he provided confidential company documents and information to...

Chicago: Microsoft Corp is reducing the price of Windows 8.1 for manufacturers of low-cost computers and tablets by 70 per cent to compete with cheaper products like Google Inc's Chromebooks, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing sources familiar with the program.
Computer makers will be charged $15 to license Windows 8.1...

Seattle: Microsoft's Windows 8 system has racked up more than 200 million license sales since its launch 15 months ago, according to Tami Reller, its head of marketing, lagging Windows 7 which sold 240 million within its first year.
The latest Windows 8 sales figure, announced by Reller at a Goldman...

New Delhi: Four months after going private, PC maker Dell announced its first major launch with the introduction of 'Venue' line up of Android and Windowsbased devices in India, one of its top 10 markets globally.
In September last year, founder of the USbased computer maker Michael Dell had announced...

Las Vegas: Xolo, the smartphone brand of Indian handset maker Lava, today unveiled its first AMDpowered 10.1inch tablet 'Xolo Win'.
The company said the tablet will be available in stores across India towards the end of this month. However, the price of the Windows 8 certified device was not announced.
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New Delhi: Micromax unveiled LapTab, its first dualboot tablet powered by Intel, at CES 2014. The company will officially launch the LapTab in early February.
Powered by an Intel processor (Bay TrailM), the device supports both Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS and Windows 8. Users would need to simply reboot the...

New Delhi: Asus announced the availability of the Transformer Book Trio, a new device with a twopart dockable design that can be used by one person as a laptop, or by two people as a separate tablet and desktop PC.
With the ability to switch between Windows 8 and Android...

New Delhi: Lenovo launched what it claims to be the world's first dualmode notebook PC with 10point multitouch. The device is powered by the Windows 8 operating system and flips 300 degrees.
The 14inch notebook enables users to switch between Laptop and Stand modes. The Laptop mode is the classic mode...

New Delhi: Taiwanbased computer products maker Asus launched an Androidbased 7inch phablet a tablet with voice calling facility at a price of Rs 17,499 targeted at young consumers in the country. The company also launched a Windows 8.1 OS based tabletcumlaptop at a competitive price of Rs 34,099.
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San Francisco: Apple says its latest operating system for Mac computers is available free of charge, a knock to rival Microsoft, which is selling its Windows 8 Pro operating system for $199.
Apple made the announcement Tuesday at an event in San Francisco, where the company is also expected to unveil...